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HEEL BURNISHBR. POR BOOTS AND SHOES. NO. 284,167. Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

` zorIoUE EEAUDEY,n oE LYNN, AssIeNoE To rrHE UNIVERSAL HEEL BUE- NISHING MACHINE COMPANY, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEL-BURNISHER FOR BOOTS` AND SHOES.

SPEC:ifreii'rior` forming part of Letters'Patent No. 284,167, dated September 4, 1883.

y Application mea June 21, ieee. (No model.)

To all whom may concern,.- t i Be it known that I, ZoTIQUE BEAUDEY, of in the county of Essex" and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and- `useful Improvements in Heel-Burnishers for Boots and Shoes,` of which the` following is a full, clear, and'eXact description.

This invention relates to a burnisher adapted `for hand use,`and`1nore particularly to the burnisher shown and described in the two Letters Patent of the UnitedStates issued to me, respectively` dated March 1 and May 3,

`1881, Nos. 238,206 and 240,947. f

This invention consists in the combination, with a burnishing-head and an attached handle @for manipulating thesame, of a brace-rod connected-by a swivel-jointwith the upper end AOrA of the handle and projecting. therefrom in a downward and outward direction, and a swiveled armrest attached to thelower end of the `brace-rod and arranged to "form a brace for the under side of the arm of the hand which grasps and manipulates the handle of the burnishinghead. i i

The invention alsoconsists of certain other featuresofconstructionandcombination,which will be fully hereinafter described in detail, and setforth in the claims. i

Inthe accompanyingpl tes of drawings my improvements in burnishers are illustrated. In Plate 1, Figure lis a` side view, showing the `brace-rod` constructed and adapted to bear against the under side ofthe arm of the operator (shownin dottedlines in the drawings) between the elbow and hand. f Fig. 2 is aplan view. In Plate 2, Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical t respectively, in planes at right angles to `each other and, through the handle and burnishing-head'` of the tool. Fig; 5 is in part side view and vertical section of the `handle y portionandits attachments of the burnishing tool. Fig.` 6 is an enlarged horizontal section ori-line 6 6, Fig. 3. Figs. 7 andS are enlarged vertical detail sections' of parts of the tool as shown in Fig.v3, as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, A represents a burnisherhead. This burnisher-head is .chambered, asi

"atB, perforated, `asat a a, and provided with a gas-pipe, O, which passes through the length 5d of the handle D, entering said chamber B, and `*projecting at theupper end of the handle, all

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and has attached so that with the projecting end of the pipe con-4 nected with a gas-supply the `burnisher-head can be heated by burning gas therein. The connection between gas-pipe C and the gassupply is to be pipe or tubing in orderjthat the burnisher can be handled and moved about freely asdesired. The handle `D is .of suitable shape for being conveniently grasped in the hand of the end to end to receive a tubular rod, E, lining the bore from end to end of the handle, and through this rod the gas-pipe O passes, as has been described. The lower end of the tubular rod E has a conical-shaped head, b, and over this head the burnisher-head A is placed by its slot d, and the upper' end of said tubular rod projects from the handle, and for a part of the length of such projection it is screwthreaded, as at f. y y

g is a screw-nut, with a milled head screwing upon` the screw-threaded portion f of the tubular rod Eb The screw-nut g, turned in one direction, brings the burnisher-head and handle endwise into close and rigid contact with each other, and binds the handle between such burnisher-head and the screw-nut and made with a flexible and elastic and it is suitably bored out from th ere so holds them, and turned in the other direction the yburnisher-head andhandle are released and the burnisher-head is made free,

so that then by sliding the `burnisher-head over the head b of the tubular rod` E to the open end of the slot d the burnisher-head can be detached from the handle.

h is a collar on tubular rod E asufiicient distance above the upper end of screw-nut g for `the screw-nut to be worked as desired.

This collar is supported in place by a shoull der, Z, on the rod, and in turn it supports another collar, m, which swivels upon the rod to it a brace-rod, F. This brace-rod, Figs. l and 2, is shaped to extend from the tool when grasped by the hand of the operator to theunder side ofthe operator sarm, and to rest by its portion G against the same,

such portion being suitably shaped therefor.

This brace-rod preferably is connected by spiral springs H He-one upon eac side-to a collar,

a, fixed by a set-screw, o, upon the'tubular rod above the swiveling collar mf of the brace#l rodF; and, again, the arm-rest Gpreferablyis roc ticular description herein.

The burnishing-tool herein describedis pro vided with an edge, p q, in two parts, both of which along their length have the same general shape as the burnisher-face L. One part,

d p, of this two-part or double edge and the buragainst the upper edge of the 'by screws c oto the lower nishing-face are corrugated across their width, as shown, and as common in heel-burnishers, and, the other part, q, is smooth. This double edge p qis for beading as it is termed, and otherwise finishing the heel at and near the upper. Its two parts are made separate from each other, and the one part, q, is swiveled, as at q2, upon the other part, p, which has setscrews r r screwing through its ear-pieces s s part q, all so that the part q can be adjusted to conform to the part p, and then fixed against movement or displacement. The -part p, by its right-angular or set-off portion t, iits the lower end of a vertical rod, Q, and is fastened thereto by a set-screw, u. This vertical rod plays through a vertical tubular socket, T, of an arm, A2, which is in one piece with a plate, B2,- secured end of the burnisher-handle. The upper portion of the rod Q projects from the upper end of the socket'T, and at its eXtreme projecting end it is provided witha thumb-piece,v G2, located between the socket and the under side of the milled head provided at the upper end of the screw-nut g, before referred to.

D2 is a lever, which at one end is connected toand bears against the projecting end ofthe rod Q, and turns upon a stationary fulcrum, fw, of the collar m, and at its other end, x, is weighted, all so as to keep the double beadingedges back and away from the working-face of the burnishing-head A. By pressing upon the thumb-piece C2 with the thumb of the hand which grasps the handle, the double beading edge p g, above described, can be made to project beyond the burnishing-face, and thus placed in position for work. This movement to project the double beading-edge from the burnisher-face is against the weight of the levery D2, so that ony releasing the pressure through the thumb-piece upon such weighted lever, obviously such double beading-edge will be automatically retracted and placed inside of and away from the burnishing-face, and thus out of working position, because of the then action of the weightedlever upon the rod.

The burnishing-tool herein described and shownby preference is to be suspended by vspiral springs or other suitable elastic and flexible connections from a suitable support, and when used its handle is grasped by the' hand, with the thumb of such hand placed over the thumb-piece C2 in position to press upon it when so desired, and with the arm of the same hand between the elbow and the hand-that is, the fore part of the arm at rest within and upon the arm-rest G. Thetool thus being held by the operator, the iianged edge or guardg/ ofthe burnisher-head is placed against the treading-face of the heel, and the burnishing-face L presented to and rolled and rocked or otherwise moved against the outer edge of the boot or shoe heel, while at the same time the outer edge of the heel is rolled about the burnisherface, but in an opposite direction to the roll of the burnisher-face about it. By this roll of the burnishing-face and of the outer edge of the boot or shoe heel, the outer edge of the heel is burnished as desired, and polished with but few movemelits of the burnisher and but little time. After the outer edge of the heel is burnished, the double edge p q is then brought into play by pressing downwardlyupon the thumb-piece, so as to produce from it the corrugations and smoothing off of the heel at or near its connection with the upper of the boot or shoe, and this is accomplished when the double edge is so brought into play by rolling or otherwise passing the double edge about the heel and the heel about the double edge.

The arm-rest G, with its brace-rod F, connecting it to the burnisher-head, obviously en ables the operator to hold the tool with greater firmness and steadiness to its work,l and as the arm-rest is swiveled to the brace-rod F and the brace-rod to the burnisher-head, plainly the brace-rod and burnisher-head can be moved in all directions necessary, thus giving the utmost freedom and ease to of the tool, while at the same time the bracerod is given a support and brace directly from the operators arm, in addition to the support and brace from the hand of the operator which is grasping the burnisherhandle. R

Itis obvious that an arm-rest connected by a brace-rod, F, to a hand heel-burnisher, as herein described, is as applicable to other hand-burnishers as to the one herein particularly shown and described.

The burnishing-head shown in the drawings has on one side of the anged edge or guard y, hereinbefore referred to, andwhich is against the treading-face of the heel as an edge, z, and on the other side an edge, a2. Both of these edges, and also the guard y, are of the general outline, from end to end, of the burnisher-head in the same direction, and they vare all of one piece, b2, of metal or other suitable material, rigidly secured in position by a set-screw, d2. The inner edge, z, is for beading or grooving the edge of the heel near its treading-face to give it a better finish., The

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the manipulations IIO the tool is used,

double beading edge p q, hereinbefore described, and to be so used the burnisher-head, as is obvious, must be swung around to place said edge c2 in proper position therefor, and in this use of said edgethe guard g/rests against the treading-face of the heel.

Fig.y 5 illustrates, in addition to other features, the application of a spring, E2, for withdrawing the` double beading-edge bzfrom its working position. This spring is arranged outside of lthe guiding-socket T, in lieu of inside, as in my LettersPatent before referred to, No. 240,947. r V y Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

" l. A burnisher for heels of boot-s and shoes,

composed of a burnisher-head, A, having slot d, in combination with afhandle, D, a rod, E,

having at one end a head, b, `and at the other screw-threaded, and a screwnut, g, all substantially as described, for the purpose specified. i

\ 2. The combination, with aburnishinghead,

A, and an attached handle, D, for "manipulating the same, of the brace-rod F, vconnected by f a swivel with the upper end of the handle and projecting in a downward and outward direction, and a swiveled arm-rest, G, attached to the lower end of the brace-rod, and arranged,

as herein set forth, to form a rest for the under side of `the arm of the hand which grasps and manipulates the handle of the burnishinghead, substantially as described.

2;. The combination, with a heel-burnisher, of a `double beading-edge, p q, made in separate parts, the one part,q, attached to theJ other, p, by a swivel-pin, q2, and'held by set 3o screws r of the other part, p, and both secured `to a vertical rod, Q, arranged to play through a tubular socket, T, all substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a heel-burnisher, of 35' a beading-edge, p q, secured to avertical rod, Q, arranged to playthrough a tubular socket,

T, in combination with a weighted lever, D2,

all substantially' as described, for the purpose specied.

5. In combination with a heel-burnisher, of a double beadingfedge, p q, vone part of which has a set-off, t, secured with set-screw u to the carrying-rbd, Q, substantially as described;

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 45 my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` ZOTIQUE EAUDRY.

Witnesses i EDWIN WfBRowN, WM. S. BELLows. 

